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Defence Change Portfolio

MoD's Strategic Objectives

The Department's Strategic Objectives include:

• Supporting  the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to achieve a global and regional reduction in conflict through improved UK and international efforts to prevent, manage and resolve conflict and to create the conditions required for effective state-building and economic development
• Supporting the Home Office to reduce the risks to the UK and its interests overseas from international terrorism

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• Lead the global effort to avoid dangerous climate change
• Disposal of surplus assets - towards the Government target of £30billion
• Integration of Future Capabilities

The aim of the Defence Change Portfolio is to modernise the MoD's business processes, improving efficiency and effectiveness, thus maximising investment in front-line operational capability. It joins up the main change programmes across the MoD under central direction.

There are 18 change programmes as follows:

Departmental Infrastructure Processes

• Defence Information Infrastructure Programme
• Defence Electronic Commerce Service

People Processes

• Joint Personnel Administration
• People Programme (civilian staff equivalent of JPA)
• Defence Training Review Transformation
• Defence Health Change Programme
• UK Military Flying Training System
• Defence Individual Training Management

Acquisition Processes

• Defence Logistics Transformation Programme
• Whole-Fleet Management
• Defence Travel Modernisation
• Defence Acquisition Change Programme

Management and Organisational Processes

• Streamlining - reducing the size and cost of Head Office by 25%
• HYPERION - Establish an integrated Headquarters for the Field Army
• RAF Single Headquarters
• Defence Intelligence Modernisation Programme
• BELVEDERE - Joint Helicopter Command Rationalisation
• BORONA - Germany Re-basing Programme

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